Chinese Man from Nanking Admiring a Fan (Shincho Nankinjin kansho Koshu ogi no zu), from the series "Foreigners Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu)"

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Chinese Man from Nanking Admiring a Fan (Shincho Nankinjin kansho Koshu ogi no zu), from the series "Foreigners Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu)", 1860. Color woodblock print; oban.

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Museum title: Chinese Man from Nanking Admiring a Fan (Shincho Nankinjin kansho Koshu ogi no zu), from the series "Foreigners Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu)"
Artist: Utagawa Sadahide Japanese, 1807-1873
Date: 1860
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Credit line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1807–1873

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

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Chinese Man from Nanking Admiring a Fan (Shincho Nankinjin kansho Koshu ogi no zu), from the series "Foreigners Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu)"

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